Rumors churning their way through the rumor mill over the past couple of weeks have officially come to fruition. Senior Miami safety Ray-Ray Armstrong is no longer part of the Miami football team, per a school release this morning.
“Armstrong can continue to be enrolled as a scholarship student at UM to complete his degree or the University will grant him a full release should he elect to transfer to another institution,” the release stated.
InsidetheU.com reported Armstrong was perhaps on his way out a few weeks back, though details were sketchy and it was never confirmed.
Armstrong has been in and out of Al Golden‘s doghouse for a while now. Last fall, he was one of several UM players ruled ineligible -- specifically, Armstrong was suspended four games -- for receiving benefits from former booster Nevin Shapiro. He was later suspended one game in November for a questionable tweet about dinner with a representative with a PR firm.
Heading into 2012, Armstrong was arguably the best player the Hurricanes had in their secondary. It’s a big loss, but Golden obviously had enough of, well, whatever it was with Armstrong.